Guizot's Popular History of England : from the Accession of Victoria, 1837-1874D. Estes and C.E. Lauriat, 1881 - 539 páginas |
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... INDIAN MUTINY . X. THE TORY ADMINISTRATION . 151 171 236 · 280 XI . THE LIBERALS WITHOUT REFORM . EASTERN - DIFFICULTIES . 301 XII . WESTERN TROUBLES . THE WAR IN THE UNITED STATES . 317 XIII . INSURRECTION IN JAMAICA . CONTINENTAL ...
... INDIAN MUTINY . X. THE TORY ADMINISTRATION . 151 171 236 · 280 XI . THE LIBERALS WITHOUT REFORM . EASTERN - DIFFICULTIES . 301 XII . WESTERN TROUBLES . THE WAR IN THE UNITED STATES . 317 XIII . INSURRECTION IN JAMAICA . CONTINENTAL ...
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... India Company had succeeded in obtaining a foothold in a corner of the Celestial Empire , their establishments at Macao and at Canton being authorized . The East India Company's monopoly expiring in 1834 , the conditions of European ...
... India Company had succeeded in obtaining a foothold in a corner of the Celestial Empire , their establishments at Macao and at Canton being authorized . The East India Company's monopoly expiring in 1834 , the conditions of European ...
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... India . War had begun . The result could not be doubtful . The Chinese displayed a persistent bravery which was entirely unexpected , and their heroic despair in defeat rendered their losses considerable . When conquered , they not ...
... India . War had begun . The result could not be doubtful . The Chinese displayed a persistent bravery which was entirely unexpected , and their heroic despair in defeat rendered their losses considerable . When conquered , they not ...
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... India . It is the great highway from Persia to India , and among its population are mingled many nationalities , Hindoos , Arabs , and even Armenians , the Afghans being , however , the dominant race . They are a brave and haughty ...
... India . It is the great highway from Persia to India , and among its population are mingled many nationalities , Hindoos , Arabs , and even Armenians , the Afghans being , however , the dominant race . They are a brave and haughty ...
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... India across Persia and Afghan- istan , were evidently among the causes of Lord Auckland's decision . A general anxiety prevailed throughout English India , and the governor was in a degree forced by public opinion when , at the ...
... India across Persia and Afghan- istan , were evidently among the causes of Lord Auckland's decision . A general anxiety prevailed throughout English India , and the governor was in a degree forced by public opinion when , at the ...
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Página 332 - ... against a Power with which it is at peace ; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use. Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the. base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies...
Página 358 - ... the banner which we now carry in this fight, though perhaps at some moment it may droop over our sinking heads, yet it soon again will float in the eye of Heaven, and it will be borne by the firm hands of the united people of the three kingdoms, perhaps not to an easy, but to a certain and to a not far distant victory.
Página 130 - England; and whether, as the Roman in days of old, held himself free from indignity when he could say "Civis Romanus sum" (I am a Roman citizen), so also a British subject, in whatever land he may be, shall feel confident that the watchful eye and the strong arm of England will protect him against injustice and wrong.
Página 332 - First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruis* or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace...
Página 332 - Queen, and the others respectively by the President of the United States, the King of Italy, the President of the Swiss Confederation, and the Emperor of Brazil.
Página 236 - In the House of Lords, lord Kingston moved for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the state of the Protestant church in the province of Munster.
Página 28 - In the discussion which followed in the House of Commons, Sir Robert Peel observed that her Majesty had 'the singular good fortune to be able to gratify her private feelings, while she performs her public duty, and to obtain the best guarantee for happiness by contracting an alliance founded on affection.
Página 134 - Your beloved country has received a place among the fair churches which, normally constituted, form the splendid aggregate of Catholic communion ; Catholic England has been restored to its orbit in the ecclesiastical firmament from which its light had long vanished, and begins now anew its course of regularly adjusted action round the centre of unity, the source of jurisdiction, of light, and of vigour.
Página 236 - an insolent barbarian, wielding authority at Canton, violated the British flag, broke the engagements of treaties, offered rewards for the heads of British subjects in that part of China, and planned their destruction by murder, assassination, and poison.
Página 10 - The King died at twenty minutes after two yesterday morning, and the young Queen met the Council at Kensington Palace at eleven. Never was anything like the first impression she produced, or the chorus of praise and admiration which is raised about her manner and behaviour, and certainly not without justice. It was very extraordinary, and something far beyond what was looked for.